Spakr

Betydning av det norrøne ordet "spakr"

Som definert av Cleasby & Vigfusson norrøn-engelsk ordbok:

Det norrøne ordet spakr kan bety:spakr

spakr

spök, spakt, adj. [Dan. spag], quiet, gentle; s. ok siðugr, Fms. xi. 97; vertú sjálfr sem spakastr, Sks. 31; hann var ekki til s. við drykkinn, Bs. i. 634; ali-sauðr spakr, a gentle pet-lamb, Stj. 516; hvalir spakir ok hóg-værir, Sks. 132; spök hross, quiet horses, that graze quietly without running astray, Fms. iii. 145.

spakr

2. a nursery term for infants, quiet, not crying or restless; spakt skyldi hit elzta barn, Skálda 162: and so in mod. usage, hann er spakr; and ó-spakr, restless, crying.

spakr

II. wise, = Gr. σοφός, Lat. sapiens; by the ancients the word is used with the notion of prophetic vision or second sight; ek á uxa þann er ek kalla spámann, þvíat hann er spakari en flest naut önnur, Fms. ii. 193; var Achilles vitrastr, Nestor spakastr, Al. 8; hann var s. at viti, Eg. 25; s. formaðr, Ísl. ii. 398; spaks geta, Fb. i. 201; Isidorus biskup, spakr ok heilagr, Bs. i. 266; Sverrir konungr, er bæði var merkr í máli ok s. at mannviti, 100; hón (Þuríðr) var spök at viti, Ó. H. (pref.); get-spakr, draum-s., q. v.

spakr

II. as a soubriquet of several wise men of the Saga time, Spak-Böðvarr, Spak-Bersi, as also Gestr inn spaki, Ljótr spaki, Ósvifr spaki, Þórarinn spaki, Þorsteinn spaki, Þorleifr spaki; of women, Þuríðr in Spaka, Landn., Íb.; Danish, Eirekr spaki = Eric Ejegod the Danish king (died A. D. 1103): of later times, Sveinn spaki the bishop (died A. D. 1476); the last man to whom the name was given is Oddr spaki (died A. D. 1556), the translator of the Icel. n. T.

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